[offlist comment redacted] Do you suppose the Pentagon foresaw the inevitable backlash?
*gasp!* Which gave them an opportunity to state their no-deception policy, instituting trust in their message? *gasp!* Razzle-dazzle. Your chip is to provide more correct and timely outside information than what the local populace can get. That's why they will they listen to you. People don't listen if you lie. (See Russian polls on trust in their media and recent Russian media restrictions on press -- including a threat directed at license revocation for American radio coverage of Chechnya.) http://www.mbcnet.org/archives/etv/S/htmlS/sellingofth/sellingofth.htm The Selling of the Pentagon Controversy (1970-71) and media distortion. ~Aimee
